Nicu Calcea
Senior Data Investigator
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNicu Calcea is a Senior Data Investigator and journalist with nearly a decade of experience turning complex datasets into high-impact investigations for outlets including BBC News, the New Statesman and Global Witness. Based in London, he combines rigorous data analysis, R tooling and newsroom storytelling to produce work that has driven broadcast features and some of his outlets’ most-read stories. He has built reusable R libraries to automate charts and dozens to hundreds of data-led articles, and has led small teams of dataviz developers to award-winning projects. As a visiting lecturer he teaches postgraduate data journalism, bridging academic training with practical newsroom workflows. His background in philosophy and international media startups gives him a knack for framing technical analysis within broader civic and ethical contexts. Outside work he’s a dad with a self-deprecating GitHub bio—comfortable calling himself a “computer loser” while shipping professional data tools.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Communication and Media Studies, Master's degree Communication and Media Studies at Aarhus UniversityMaster's degree Business and Financial Journalism, Master's degree Business and Financial Journalism at City, University of LondonMaster's degree Contemporary Philosophies, Master's degree Contemporary Philosophies at Moldova State University
Romanian, English, Russian, French
Stackoverflow
33reputation
628reached
6answers
2questions
Github Skills (17)
zend-certification10
php10
angular-material10
angular10
validation9
laravel9
typescript9
security7
dropdown6
orm6
sql6
pagination6
javascript6
bit-manipulation6
certification3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
alceanicu/a-star
Nov 2019 - Jan 2022
A-star - algorithm implementation with angular
Contributions:21 commits, 17 PRs, 35 pushes in 2 years 2 months
a-star-algorithma-starangularangular8typescript
alceanicu/romanian-personal-identity-code-validator
May 2020 - Jul 2022
Validator cod numeric personal (CNP). Romanian Personal Numeric Code validation. [JS]
Contributions:1 release, 14 commits, 16 PRs in 2 years 2 months
validationjavascriptcnpcodvalidator
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